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How Will the Church Respond to the Mandate?

by Paul Wilson on July 9, 2012 · 25 comments

The recent Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act (commonly termed Obamacare) quashed the hopes of faithful Catholics that the Obama administration’s contraception mandate would be immediately repealed by the Supreme Court. The Catholic Church and the Obama…

The Obamacare Decision: A Mixed Bag

by Dr. John Sparks on July 9, 2012 · 1 comment

The case that received more media attention and more consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court than any in recent history has been decided. The 5-4 decision upheld the “individual mandate,” the central feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…

Those Funny American Catholics

by Gail Finke on July 5, 2012 · 24 comments

“You do know that picture is funny?” he asked me, cautiously. “It” is a photo of a church sign I took and used as a photo essay feature called 1000 Words on my website.
Of course I know it’s funny!…

Are We Being Too Hard On John Roberts?

by Ken Connor on July 5, 2012 · 12 comments

“Members of this court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments.  Those decisions are entrusted to our nation’s leaders, who can be thrown out of office…

A Kulturkampf Primer

by Michael Cook July 5, 2012

Now that the Affordable Care Act has survived its Supreme Court challenge, there comes the fight over its implementation. Moral considerations rank high on the list of casus belli for Catholics and other religious groups. They fear that the Act…

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The Roadmap to Obamacare Repeal

by Keith Koffler July 4, 2012

Writing in the Wall Street Journal Former Bush National Economic Council Director Keith Hennessey provides a How-To Guide for the upcoming Eradicate & Replace campaign that Republicans will wage against Obamacare.
Hennessey, who blogs at keithhennessey.com, writes that a win…

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Who’s to Blame? Catholics.

by Dr. Paul Kengor July 2, 2012

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Within an hour of the Supreme Court’s decision on Obama-care, I got an email from LifeNews.com. “The Supreme Court has … [upheld] the Obamacare law that pro-life groups regard as the biggest expansion of abortion and…

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Obamacare Is Not Permanent Yet. Not Nearly.

by Keith Koffler June 28, 2012

For opponents of Obamacare, there is hope. And not even unrealistic hope.
Obamacare can mostly be repealed if three things happen this year: Republicans keep the House, Republicans pick up the Senate, and Mitt Romney is elected president.
Each of…

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Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare

by Keith Koffler June 28, 2012

The Supreme Court this morning announced that it has upheld Obamacare’s individual mandate, which – because it also let stand, with restrictions, the Medicaid expansion provision of the bill – means that basically the entire legislation is deemed constitutional.
Chief…

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Southern Baptists “Stand With the Bishops” Against the White House

by Gail Finke June 28, 2012

At its Annual Meeting in New Orleans last week, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution on Religious Liberty.
Representing about 45,000 individual churches with 16 million members, the Southern Baptist Convention is a voluntary organization whose members agree on…

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